Steamboat & Flat Tops

Snowpack

Lucas Mouttet · Feb 15, 2021 · Steamboat & Flat Tops

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Weather

Bluebird and cold. Light winds in the open areas, nice to see the sun though.

Snowpack

Slab from previous storms was strong, even in the trees. Found 2 persistent weak layers in lower snowpack, with propagation still happening at the basal facets/depth hoar layer (35cm up from ground). CT fractured on 65cm NSF layer, but ECT fractured and propagated on 35cm layer. Propagation Saw Test was fairly spectacular, dropping over an inch at 33/100cm @35cm up from the ground. We also got a large whumpf with 8 people in one area of the valley.